JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9134, 6 July 1908, Page 5

JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS.

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Receive! July 5, 4.15 p.m. TOKIO, July 4. The Japanese Cabinet has resigned in connection with the finances. It is understood that their successors will follow the same general policy, including retrenchment.

The following comprise the late Ministry—Prime Minister, Marquis Saionji, G.C.M.G.; Minister of Foreicn Affairs, Count Tadasu Hayashi; Finance, Baron Yoshiro Sakatani;; War, Lieutenant-General Viscount Masatake Terauchi; Marine, Admiral Makoto Saito; Justice, Mr Masahisa Matsuda; Education, Mr Nobuaki Makino; Interior, Mr TakashiHara; Agriculture and Commerce, Mr Koki Matsuoka; Communications, Mr Isatnra Yamagato. The Japanese Diet includes five political parties, as follows —First, there is the Seiyukwai, or Constitutional party which was first organised in 1900 by Prince Ito, who was later succeeded by Marquis Saionji as Prime Minister. It has a membership of 170 in the Diet, and may be said to be the Governmental party. While Marquis Saionji is the nominal leader, the actual, leader in the Diet is Sumitaka Haseba, who is the director of the policy adopted. Following is the translation of the party's resolution as passed by the group last year—"Resolved, that the party must do its utmost to take the most careful means to carry out the nation's economic t condition, to develop the various industries, to secure the financial policy, and to expand (he national defence, the educational system, and means of communication. We also must pay the greatest attention to the development of Corea and Manchuria." The Progressive party is the oldest party now ir existence in Japan. It was organised by Count Okuma, and forms the Opposition. The Kashinto was its forerunner, but the latter was several times reorganised, always under the leadership of Count Okuma. "After Cou'it Okuma the directorship of the Progressives is assumed by Masami Oishi, formerly Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. This party has a membership of 91 in the Diet. Its chief principles may be said to be a more radical foreign policy, a secure financial policy, and opposition to foreign loans. The Daido Club, third in the list, was organised just before the war between Russia and Japan by Imperialists. The late Tomofusa Sassa, who was an extreme Imperialist, was the! leader of the party until his death in 1906. Shiro Shiba and Jiebu Okada are the present leaders. In spite of the fact that this party has very little influence or virtue in itself, its 60 members hold the balance of power. Yuko Kwai, termed the Xuko party, consists of the best and/ most thoroughly educated members of the Diet. It is for this reason sometimes designated as the gentlemen party. It was organised little more than a year ago by Yukio Osaki, Mayor of Tokio and formery Minister for Education; Saburo Shimada and Hironaka Koho, formerly Speaker of the Diet. The first two were at one time followers of Count Okuma. The Yuko party is nearer in its au*iliati?ni to : the Progressives than to the Constitutionalists, lis membership in tne Diet is 35. Besides these four parties there is another, called non partipans, which has 13 members in the Diet. It represents the commercial class.